"I'm ready to get out there and help my team win," said Burke, who missed six weeks with a fractured right index finger to start the season.

The wait has been difficult for a young player eager to prove himself. He's had to watch his new team struggle and all the while read the monster box scores produced by fellow rookie point guard Michael Carter Williams in Philadelphia.

"A lot of guys were clowning on me, like, 'Man you should just tape that up. As soon as it happened, you should have just taped that up,'" Burke said.

But while the Jazz have struggled, the injury may have been a boon for Burke.

"I think that's the biggest thing for me, learning when to attack and when to set up the offense," Burke said. "Just watching guys like Tony Parker and Deron Williams, some of the top guards, and just their pace, having the opportunity to see the game from the coach's perspective, I think it's definitely helped me out a lot."

Through two games, Burke has been neither savior nor slouch. He's averaging 8 points and two rebounds in 16 minutes a night. But, as forward Richard Jefferson said, "You can obviously see what the coaching staff and the organization was excited about."

He's playing with more confidence than he did when he went 1 for 19 from 3 point range during the Orlando summer league slate.

He waited only until the first time he touched the ball to score his first NBA bucket, blowing past a defender and then floating a layup over the long arms of New Orleans' Anthony Davis. Later, he stretched out the Pelicans' pick and roll defense, spotted forward Derrick Favors late and hit him with a perfect pass.

It's an element the Jazz have lacked in the early parts of the year.

"They're going to play him that way because the way he can shoot the ball, and if not, he's got the shot," Corbin said, while adding that "guys will set better screens because they think they have a chance to get the ball."

Teams will indeed have to game plan different for Burke, said Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle, who called Burke "a threat any time he touches the ball."

"He's a scoring point guard type," Carlisle said when asked if Burke reminded him of any guards in the league. "You could draw similarities to [Thunder guard Russell] Westbrook and some guys like that that really score. He's good."

Corbin isn't ready to go that far just yet, saying that Burke is still trying to "find who he is in this league and who he can be."

But Corbin may be willing to match the rookie up against Westbrook on Sunday.

"We may look at changing some things [regarding Burke's role] as we go forward here," Corbin said Saturday, the morning after another slow start turned into another Jazz loss. We will delete comments containing obscenities, personal attacks and inappropriate or offensive remarks. Flagrant or repeat violators will be banned. If you see an objectionable comment, please alert us by clicking the arrow on the upper right side of the comment and selecting "Flag comment as inappropriate". If you've recently registered with Disqus or aren't seeing your comments immediately, you may need to verify your email address.